"'I am the ark where Noah dwelt,
And heard the deluge roar—
No soul can perish that has left
My res—To yonder shore.'
"Peaceful and calm the tide of life
When first I sailed with Thee;
My sins forgiven, no inward strife,
My breast a glassy sea.
"But soon the storm of passion raves;
My soul is tempest tossed;
Corruptions rise, like angry waves—
'Help, Master, I am lost!'
"'Peace, peace, be still, thou raging breast:
My fulness is for thee'—
The Saviour speaks, and all is rest,
Like the waves of Galilee.
"And now I feel His holy eye
Upbraids my heart of pride—
'Why raise this unbelieving cry?
I said, To yonder side.'"
McCHEYNE.
THE THIRD DAY.
THE EARTH BENEATH.
"He hangeth the earth upon nothing."—JOB xxvi. 7.
"The pillars of the earth are the Lord's, and he hath set the world upon them."—1 SAM. ii. 8.